The Osceola times., 1887-07-23

Snu WY viii we As goon NeHcI-
BILE people, bind oursclfs, aside from
our State & Comfy Tax & put our
property in jerbitomy to feed the
loafers Who the honorble mayor
pleases to encsrsrate in the County
Jail. Why not let our 3 Squires doc
this work With our Regular Elected
Constable & the Sherif's Posie.
Who derives any good from 1t Ex-
cept the mayor 4 marshall & the 2
pr Cent which the Treasurer gets!
What p election do we get from this
kind Of a government. | say let 1t
20 back to the State i let the ooun-
ty officers doe THAR duty. & let this
Extra Expenoe which we are bur
dened with to feed thosa loafers be
paid by the county as it should bee.
/ don't think that business that
is not self supporting Is any good &
| have bin told by some Of our bro
ther Council. that When We levy
the tax Which is our duty before mex
County Court, that they Would en-.
join it. So then | say, What prac-
tical Cenoe is thare in the hole En-.
corporation When one Individual
Complains & Engoins at Win, which
has bin Very Reciant!y done 4 you
I know it.
4th This blowing about Rule or
Ruing is al bosh, Every good law
abiding citizen is a sworen officer 4
II the old citizens or yourself Would
onley Reflect for one moment you
are bound to Conceed, that 1t VAS
thar owen faults if they did not Su-
press Crimes 4 iioenoiousness. ]
feare alass they themselves Was too
prone Tor participation, however |
shal not Comment on it but l doc
feel & think that ] Can prove, that
all the new Corners are not feugilist
from Justice 4 some Of them to my
owen knowledge has spent more for
Improvement Cince my short So
jorne IN your midst than some OF
your old timers who have horded
away Thousands & owen more prop.
crty.
in Conclusion will say | have no
i'll will towards any one onley | do,i
think that a good mann Would have
Enough to do to attend to No l and
wish his fellow men we'll, only few
more years will End this Worldly
drama with us all, and hope during
our short Sojorne here, that, l viii
never bee the cause Of my fellow
mans downfall. hoping space il,
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calls for reply, and as the Editor
claims to be the compiler" of til,
Objectionable item that gave birtl
to so much erudition and Legislative
wisdom, we will attempt, in our fee
bic manner, to elucidate, in the hop,
that our friend, New Conner, may b,
able to imbibe the ideas we attemp
to convey, as readily as he cxpound
his deep-draughted conceptions o
right and wrong, Of law, justice anC
projections; and if we succeed in re
futing or overcoming one statement
we shall hold him to his promise, t.
"burn his petition. OF course,
correct answer to an interrogativ,
proposition, or the establishment o
the falsi,y Of statement or assertion
must be accepted as proof of the fal
lacy of his position; aud in order no
to wary the intelligent reader, W
will be as brief as possible:
h First, the 81 300 which shoul
have been paid by C. X. Trout ar
his sureties, not to the property own
ers, but into the town trcasury,) ar
gone glimmering. The following
extract from the records OF the Tow
Council, which met May 4,h., 1885,
when there were present, Mayor A
, Goodrich; Recorder Dean; Alder
men b. j. Bradford, p. S. Boruu
, and A. +. Garrett, will give you
. perhaps. a better idea Of what be
came of it;
&c. X. Trout, former Marshal c
|. said town, came before the Counc
and offered to make settlement u
follows;
/. And now on this 21st day of Ma
, 1886 comes G. X. Trout aud Offer
. to Iay the incorporated Town c
Osceola, Arkansas, the sum of on
hundred dollars bv way OF compro
mise for any and all indebtedness
which he may owe or be due sal
Incorporated Town on account c
: any debt or default arising out Of o
by reason Of his being Marshal G
said town, and it further appearing
, to us, as the Council Of said Incor
! porased Town, after examining tn
! accounts of c. X, Trout, as forme
Marshal, that ono hundred dollars i
> a fair settlement, Of all demands il
favor Of said town. 1t is therefor
agreed by US, IL. Council assembled
5 IN accapt the snm oC ono burara